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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE NOW

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Okay. Christmas is over. Get out of my house now. It was all great that you showed up at my front door for this great big family gathering. Even better that not one of you people helped cook, or brought food/wine, or even picked up after yourselves (you slobs). I'm totally grateful that you've added more stress and headaches to my short Christmas vacation. It will take me at least two full days of nothing but laundry to clean up after you people.

I'm so glad we could host not just you guys, my dear cousins, but also your grown college age children's significant others! It was wonderful for you to call on your way up from Denver! Saying that you'd be "stopping by"! I thought stopping by meant a couple hours? Apparently it means at least a week! And how thoughtful of you guys to say it would just be three people! Because four more added to that three isn't a hardship at all to find/make/conjure out of thin air sleeping arrangements for!

Seriously now. Take yourselves, and your two grown up children (that brought their girlfriends along) and please exit. The six year old can stay and make cookies, as he's the only one that helped with anything this past week. And also because he was the ONLY one of you turds that didn't feed the dog people food. That awful smell? Yeah. Quit feeding the dog prime rib. It upsets his tummy. But I told you guys that like 12 times didn't I?

Anywho. Just get out. Take your presents and. get. out. I'm all done being Martha Stewart, feeling more like the Grinch and Ebenezer Scrooge right now. I want peace and quiet and it's time for extended family to go back to that extension from whence they came.

See you at your house next year. And remember! What goes around comes around! (And I'm pretty sure I made a list. Merry Christmas!)
 
Are you hoping that those leeches read this thread? :rofl:

Actually it's pretty damned nervy of them to treat your place like a free motel with complimentary maid service and free meals included.
 
I keep telling myself that Christmas is only once a year.

And that I don't *entirely* hate them.

But I swear, next year this bed and breakfast is going to be closed for the season!
 
:rofl::rofl::rofl: Great rant!

Just move half way around the planet - I've found it a very effective family deterrent....

On what may be a more practical note, did you consider trying a "reptile escape"? Enough to make many a relative quit the premises in a hurry. :D
 
A Reptile escape? Helen that sounds like an invite you your house! I'd love a vacation to your place!

I'll just "stop by"!!!


Sadly, I made sure to continue my routines in hopes of creating a hasty exit. And if a geriatric blue tongue's messy eating and loud defecating right in the living room isn't enough to make company go away, I do t know what will.
 
Maybe you felt a bit like this?
 

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I sympathize with the aggravation of having annoying visitors in one's home whether related or not.
But I'd also give anything I have to have my Dad for a visit, even the times he would get on a roll and start in on subjects we disagreed over.
 
I've found there is an inverse correlation between the number of random visitors I get and the number of snakes I keep - the more snakes, the less visitors.
 
This thread is hilarious. This community is top notch. Cheers for the laughs.

(Sorry that they are at your expense (; )
 
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